Potato paal kootu recipe
Easy and yummy potato paal kootu recipe, pairs well with kuska, chapati, poori and dosa
Servings: 3
Ingredients
- 2 cups boiled and cubed potatoes
- ¼ cup frozen peas
- 3 tsp oil
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 finely chopped onion
- 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
- ½ portion tomato
- Few curry leaves
- 2 slit green chili
- 1 cup water
- Salt as needed
- Few coriander leaves
To grind
- ¼ cup coconut
- 1 tsp fennel seeds
- 7-10 cashew nuts
- 1 green chili
- ¼ cup water
Instructions
- In a mixie jar add the coconut, fennel seeds, cashew nuts and green chili.
- Grind this into a fine paste by adding water.
- In a pan add the oil and add the bay leaf. You can add a small piece of cinnamon, 2 cloves, a cardamom to this.
- Add the slit green chili and curry leaves
- Saute for few seconds and add the finely chopped onions.
- Add little salt and saute till translucent. Do not change the color.
- Now add the ginger garlic paste and cook for a minute.
- Add in the chopped tomato and cook for a minute.
- Add the green peas now. I have added frozen green peas, you can add fresh peas too.
- If adding fresh peas, boil this separately and then add.
- Saute for a minute.
- Now add the boiled potato.
- Mix well.
- Add the ground coconut paste to this.
- Now add in 1 cup of water.
- Mix well and add salt.
- Cover this and cook for 3 minutes.
- Once done, switch off the flame.
- Garnish with coriander leaves.
Notes
1. You can add 2 tbsp of milk towards the end and switch off the stove.
2. Potato paal kootu pairs well with kuska, biryani, chapati and idli dosa too.
2. Potato paal kootu pairs well with kuska, biryani, chapati and idli dosa too.
